Civil War Review

Who was the southern actor who is known for assassinating President Lincoln

What was Congress’s abolishment of slavery?

What was the speech given by President Lincoln at the dedication of a national cemetery in PA?

What were escaped slaves that joined the Union army were considered to be?

Who founded the American Red Cross?

What is legal protection requiring that a court determine if a person is lawfully imprisoned?

What general was known more for his facial hair and not his military strategy?

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

What was the presidential decree by Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate-held territory?

What is emergency rule by military authorities?

What is it when a state removes itself from the Union?

What is required military service?

1. Who was the commander of the Union forces who accepted Lee’s surrender in 1865.

What is the tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender?

Who was the general of the Confederate forces?

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and was the 16^th President of the United States?

Who was the Union General who ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864.

1. After “burning Atlanta”,this commander led a destructive march to Savannah in 1864.

What name for antiwar Northern Democrat during the Civil War?

What is the military term for a person killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action?